Here's Brad Bird's Return of the Jedi Fix (Via Patton Oswalt)

It's generally accepted that Return of the Jedi is good but not great, right? And apparently, even Incredibles and Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol director Brad Bird agrees.

At least, that's what actor-comedian Patton Oswalt tells Esquire in a new interview. Bird apparently once filled Oswalt in on what he would've done to spruce up Jedi, and the topic came up when Esquire's reporter commented to Oswalt that "you can learn so much from an early failure."

"It's weirdly important," Oswalt replied. "I was talking with [director] Brad Bird one time, and he said it's like the beginning of Return of the Jedi. Luke shows up and he's a badass. He said they should've opened it with Luke in the swamp saying to Yoda, 'You said "Don't go." I said "F#@k you, I'm gonna go help my friends." I went and got my hand cut off and my friends are in even worse trouble because of what I did. I f#@ked up everything.' And then Yoda should have gone, 'Now you're a Jedi. Now you're beyond the fear of failure. Now you're ready.' That would have made it even cooler."

Sure, why not? I mean, that wouldn't have solved the whole Ewok Situation, but it would've been a start. But what do you guys think of Bird's take on Return of the Jedi? Discuss in the comments, and then watch this totally unrelated clip of one of Oswalt's earliest acting gigs: